Mumbai Jt Commissioner to be produced in court today

Sridhar Vagal, arrested in connection with multi-crore fake stamp paper scam, will be produced before a special court for remand.

indiaUpdated: Nov 17, 2003 13:24 IST

Press Trust of India PTI

Mumbai's Joint Police Commissioner Sridhar Vagal, arrested in connection with the multi-crore fake stamp paper scam, will be produced before a special court for remand on Saturday.

Vagal, the most seniorMaharashtra police official arrested for his alleged role in shielding the scam's prime accused Abdul Karim Telgi, was brought to Pune on Friday night by the Special Investigating Team (SIT).

He was summoned to the SIT office on Friday in Worli, interrogated for two hours and then placed under arrest. He is the sixth police official to be a arrested in the scam.